by - August 11, 2025 8:40 am
Forty Under 40: Kelly Capps
Kelly Capps enjoyed being the general contractor on her own home, so she decided to make construction her career. After high school, the Gentry native worked for McKee Foods for…
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by - August 11, 2025 8:30 am
Forty Under 40: Katie Brewer
Gifted with a strong ability to mentally visualize and imagine spaces, places and details, Katie Brewer is a “great architect, not just a great designer,” according to Ryan Faust, partner…
by - August 11, 2025 8:10 am
Forty Under 40: Manuel Barrantes
One scholarship changed Manuel Barrantes’ life and that of most of his family. He was living in Nicaragua surrounded by poverty. He played soccer and thought it might be a…
by - March 3, 2025 10:04 am
The Jones Center impact report shows ‘double-digit growth’
The Jones Center in Springdale has released its 2024 Community Impact Report, which highlights growth metrics over the past year in its three primary program pillars: arts and culture, sports…
by - October 8, 2024 4:25 pm
The Medium to provide free space, support
Performing arts center The Medium in Springdale has launched a pilot program to offer free space and support for creative and community-focused events or gatherings. InnerSpace is available to artists,…
by - July 18, 2024 11:23 am
UAMS provides contraceptive services, education in 14 rural counties
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will provide contraceptive services and reproductive health education to women in rural Arkansas counties in an effort to prevent unintended pregnancies and…
by - December 19, 2023 1:01 pm
Summit Utilities opens new office in Fort Smith
Summit Utilities, the parent company of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG), has officially opened a new office in Fort Smith that also provides customer service for its operations in six…
by - November 16, 2023 10:30 am
ACHI analysis shows naloxone prescription fills statewide quadrupled in 1 year
According to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI), prescription fills of naloxone in Arkansas quadrupled from FY 2021 to FY 2022, rising from 5,575 to 25,987. According to the…
by - February 21, 2023 9:21 am
Walmart full year revenue beats estimates, net income down 14.6%
Walmart posted full fiscal year net income of $11.68 billion, down 14.6% compared with the previous fiscal year, but revenue and earnings per share beat expectations. The Bentonville-based global retailer…
by - February 20, 2023 3:15 pm
Work to begin on $1.149 million facility renovation on ATU-Ozark campus
Work is set to begin on a $1.149 million renovation of the Industrial Control Systems building on the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus after the ATU Board of Trustees approved a…
by - January 13, 2023 12:24 pm
Judge voids Pope County casino license granted to Cherokee Nation
The contentious path to building a casino in Pope County took yet another turn Thursday (Jan. 12) when Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox ruled that Arkansas officials “unconstitutionally”…
by - November 14, 2022 4:33 pm
Westrock Coffee to invest another $90 million in Conway plant; posts quarterly loss of $13 million
Little Rock-based Westrock Coffee boosted third quarter sales by 27% but posted a net loss of $13.018 million, above the $3.89 million loss in the same quarter of 2021. The…
by - November 1, 2022 10:24 am
ArcBest third quarter net income up almost 40%; year-to-date income up more than 76%
ArcBest is shipping and managing the shipment of more stuff and getting paid more to do both. It’s why the Fort Smith-based company is on track to post record revenue…
by - October 26, 2022 4:59 pm
George’s Inc. to sell Campos Foods
Springdale-based George’s Inc. announced Wednesday (Oct. 26) it is selling Campos Foods, a fully cooked meat processing plant in Caryville, Tenn., to Gold Creek Foods for an undisclosed amount. George’s…
by - September 9, 2022 8:47 am
UAFS receives $18.77 million from Windgate Foundation for nursing, arts programs (Updated)
The largest single gift in the 94-year history of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will double the number of nurses educated at the university and expand the Windgate…
by - August 11, 2022 1:05 pm
Dillard’s net income up 20.5% in the first half of 2022
Dillard’s Inc. reported second quarter net income of $163.4 million, below the $185.7 million in the same quarter of 2021. But earnings per share of $9.30 was well beyond the…
by - November 18, 2020 9:09 am
UAMS gets $2.83 million for rural physician expansion
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $2.83 million in additional funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to train and retain primary care…
by - June 11, 2020 3:05 pm
CDC team to support COVID-19 containment efforts in Northwest Arkansas
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Northwest Arkansas’ Latino community is not slowing down, with new cases in Benton and Washington counties being almost 50% of all new cases reported Thursday….
by - March 10, 2020 2:55 pm
New boss named for Baptist Health hospitals in Fort Smith and Van Buren
Kim Miller, a former registered nurse, has been named incoming president of Baptist Health Western Region, which includes hospitals in Fort Smith and Van Buren and associated clinics in western…
by - November 5, 2019 4:54 pm
Blackwell, Person enter Fort Smith School Board races
Fort Smith attorney Dalton Person has announced his candidacy for the Fort Smith Public School Board at large position 2 seat held by Greg Magness. Dee Hughes Blackwell has announced…